Table 1 Number of pneumococcal colonies recovered from hands of three volunteers (H1 to H3), by inoculum density*, time post-inoculation, and type of suspension medium.
| Â | Serum broth 435 CFU* | Serum broth 242 CFU | Mueller-Hinton 546 CFU | Mueller-Hinton 331 CFU | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
TIME | H1 | H2 | H3 | H1 | H2 | H3 | H1 | H2 | H3 | H1 | H2 | H3 |
3 min | 70 | 342 | 16 | 38 | 117 | 26 | 127 | 227 | 14 | 38 | 117 | 26 |
1 h | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 h | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 h | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |